Suckanhock

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seawan \Sea"wan\, Seawant \Sea"want\, n.
     The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads
     which passed among the Indians as money.
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     Note: Seawan was of two kinds; {wampum}, white, and


           {suckanhock}, black or purple, -- the former having
           half the value of the latter. Many writers, however,
           use the terms seawan and {wampum} indiscriminately.
           --Bartlett.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suckanhock \Suck"an*hock\, n. [Of American Indian origin.]
     A kind of seawan. See Note under {Seawan}.
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